Hi Doug,
The best .NET match for a Python module is a (static) class of static
members. To avoid the specifying the namespace, you can use the
PythonModuleAttribute. For example, in IronPython.SQLite I have:
[assembly: PythonModule("_sqlite3", typeof(IronPython.SQLite.PythonSQLite))]
PythonSQLite is a static class containing static methods/variables.
Using this, you can use `from _sqlite3 import *` and not have to worry
about the namespaces.
I don't know if IronRuby has anything similar.
Another option (that I haven't tried) would be to have the class in
the global namespace, but I'm not sure that would work.
- Jeff
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:52 AM, Douglas Blank <dbl...@brynmawr.edu> wrote:
> I'm attempting to write C# code that behaves like a native Python/Ruby
> library when imported. However, I can't get the same semantics. In Python:
>
> 1) if I put everything in a namespace, then I can issue "from library
> import *", but if I put it in a class, then I can't "from ... import ...".
>
> 2) if I put everything in a class, then I can have static functions and
> values, but I can't "from ... import ...". But namespaces can't have
> static functions and values.
>
> Here is a sample of what I'm trying, and what I want:
>
> namespace myro {
> public class myro {
> public class Robot {
> }
> public static Robot robot;
> public static void forward() {
> robot.forward();
> }
> }
> }
>
> In Python:
>
> from myro import *
> # should have robot, Robot, and forward in scope
>
> import myro
> # should have myro.robot, myro.Robot, myro.forward and scope
>
> Is there something I'm doing wrong, or is there a hook that I can add to
> my importer to get the desired behavior?
>
> Thanks for any pointers!
>
> -Doug
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